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V10. Notes of Narrations on Sailing Songs.

 

511

Great Lord with the resonating sky,

gEke.h May the spirit outshine!

Great Lord with the resonating sky,

Great Lord staying in the beach Figurer,

Great Lord standing in the beach Pull-Come,

Great Lord going to the hole of the south wind,

Great Lord coming to the hallowed woods Bird,

Great Lord traveling around the country,

 

512

In the beginning of the far past

The great Sun-God@@

Shining beautifully

In the starting of the ancient time,

Sun-God, the prior,

Sun-God, the foremost,

Looking down from the top,

Seeing over on the top,

The Heaveners coming,@

The Paradisers drawing, @@@@@

Telling gBuild up the villages.h,

Saying gMake up the towns.h,

A lot of villages,

Plenty of towns,  @@@

As long as building up the villages,

So long as making up the towns,

Sun-God waiting for,

Shine-God watching for,

Donft give birth to Heaveners,

Donft bring forth to Paradisers,

Therefore, bear worldly persons,

 

 

513

Great Lord resonating to the heaven,

May stars glitter in the sky!

Grand Lord resounding on the earth,

Wearing the splendid clothes,

With the star-spangled girdle,

Putting on the sword of spirit,

The hand-drum Sound-Beauty resonating,

Swinging the ground under the foot,

Floating the ship in the offing,

Sailing the vessel offshore,@@@

Riding on the ship of waves,

Putting on the feather of eagle,

Setting up the spear of spirit in the front,

Setting up the beautiful fan in the front,

Grand Lady Sky-Fall standing in the front,

Grand Lady Land-Fall staying in the front,

Followed by the loving King,

Abided by the excellent King,

 

514

The Great Sanctuary, the sacred place,

gEyo, e, yare.h  gPush.h

The sanctuary of Base-Virtue-Roof,@@@@@

In the holy place of The Great Sanctuary,

In the sacred garden of The Great Sanctuary,

On the snow-white horse with black hooves,

On the pure-white horse with black hooves,

Harnessed with a golden saddle,

Harnessed with a silvern saddle,

Harnessed with a jeweled crupper,

Harnessed with a jeweled martingale,

With a braid bellyband,

Harnessed with beautiful reins,

Called by Holy Lady,

Called by Lady Land-Guard,

Coming down to the beach Give-Rope,

Going down to the beach Horse-Sky,

Ships sailing around beaches,

Vessels navigating around peninsulas,

Walking to the east,

Going to the hole of the sun,

 

515

Holy Lady,

Calling the ship Great-Novel

Racing with pleasures

Lady Land-Guard,@@@@@@@

The ship Jewel-Novel

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

516

Holy Lady,

Choosing a lucky day to come down

Dances for victory are outshining

Lady Land-Guard,@@@@@

Selecting a happy day

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Holy Lady,

Calling the ship Land-Attack

Lady Land-Guard,

Sending the ship Feather-Beat

 

517

Well-known Lady Spirit-New,

The sun resounding in the country

Shining to stay

The lords coming across to see

Sounding Lady Spirit-New,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,@

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

519

The Governor Lord like swinging clouds,

Renowned to the country

Come back after conquering

The Governor Lord like falling clouds,

The great army of Head-Town,

The grand troops of the castle,@@

Assailing the wooden gates,

Assaulting the iron gates,

Enemies running after the wooden gates,@@@@

The hostile fleeing from the iron gates,

Removing from the sanctuary,

Retreating from the sacred place,

Cutting down a hundred soldiers,

Smashing down seventy warriors,

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520

Narrations of the chanter Stone-Sky,

Peoplefs racing is beautiful

Relations of the singer Iron-Sky,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord,

In the sacred place today,

In the holy place today,

Worshipping gods,

Praying to gods,

 

521

The well-known shaman Palm-Guard,

Wishing to see Head-town

A lot of novelties

The sounding shaman Palm-Guard,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Worshipping to the east,

Adoring the hole of the sun,

The next year coming,

January drawing,

Good fortunes of narrations,

Fair lucks of relations,

Known to the hallowed woods of Head-Town,

Renowned to the hallowed woods of True-Stone,

Known to the Governor Lords,

Renowned to the noble lords,

Live as long as a hundred years,

Stay so long as ten hundred times,

 

522

The well-known shaman Put-Hat,

gYoke, yoh.h  Hold the sacred services for peace

Take the holy services for happiness

The sounding shaman Put-Hat,

In the daybreak of today,

In the dawn of today,

Looking to the east,

Putting eyes to the hole of the sun,

Purple, figurative clouds, @@@

Violet, striped clouds,

Crossing the middle of the island,

Passing the center of the land,

 

523

The shaman Ten-Isle-Lord,

Gather to sail and take the rope tightly

gEyare.h  Help strongly

The well-known shaman Land-Rule,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,@

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

524

The well-known shaman Palm-Rule,

gE, yare, ke.h

The sounding shaman Palm-Rule,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

Bring timbers to the shallow,

Carry woods to the shoal,

Small waves rising,

Ripples are up,

Bells are ringing,

Gongs are sounding,

Letting a hundred men hold spears,

Making seventy men take bows,

Setting a hundred men ahead,

Putting seventy men in front,

Going to the east,

Walking to the hole of the sun,

 

525

Fair people of Head-Town,

Excellent fair people

Ruling over the world truly

Fair citizens of the capital castle,

Excellent fair people

Choosing the jeweled sword to put,

Selecting the armor to wear,

Attacking seventy soldiers on the hill Mount-Space,

Smashing a hundred warriors on the hill Manner-Keep,

This is Head-Town,

This is the capital castle,

Governor Lords staying in Head-Town,

Governor Lords sitting in the capital castle,

 

526

The Grand Lord with the high spirit,

Truly renowned and waited for

The Grand Lord playing fishing,

The Grand Lord going boating,

The new spirit making the wind be calm,

The new soul helping the sea be serene,

Floating numberless ships,

Sailing countless vessels,

 

527

The Governor Lord of Head-Town,

The Governor Lord of the capital castle,

The Governor Lord staying in Head-Town,

The Governor Lord sitting in the capital castle,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Worshipping Holy Lady,

Adoring Lady Land-Guard,

The upper and lower gathering,

The islands getting along,

Masons planning,

Smiths thinking,

Piling up stones,

Heaping up rocks,@

Building up the sanctuary Wave-Up,

Making up the sanctuary End-Castle,

Praying to gods,

Going to temples,

Gods rejoicing,

Buddha enjoying,

 

528

A man named Village-Hope-Carp,

gE, ke, yare.h  oarsman

 

 

My Hope-Carp,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

530

Loving, fair ladies,

Swing and sail the ship

Clouds coming

Passing by the golden island

Loving, fair shamans,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

531

gE, ke.h The morning sun in the east,

gE, ke.h Cherry blossoms are spreading

Sunbeams shining through

From the capital castle, the sun illuminating

gE, ke.h The hole of the sun morning,

gE, ke.h The morning calm coming,

gE, ke.h The evening calm coming,

gE, ke.h Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

gE, ke.h Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

gE, ke.h Choosing sailors on board,

gE, ke.h Selecting mariners aboard,

 

 

532

gE, ke, yoh,h The well-known shaman Plant-Guard,

gE, ke, yoh.h Winning the worldly country

gE, ke, yoh.h The sounding shaman Plant-Guard,

gE, ke, yoh.h In this fine day,

gE, ke, yoh,h In this shining day,

gE, ke, yoh.h Well-known Governor Lord,

gE, ke, yoh.h Sounding Governor Lord,

gE, ke. yoh.h Worshipping Holy Lady,

gE, ke, yoh,h Adoring Spirit Lady,

 

533

The well-known shaman Palm-Rule,

Novelty of Head-Town

The sounding shaman Palm-Rule,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,@@@@@@@@@@

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

534

gE, ke.h The rising crescent moon is

gE, ke.h The golden bow of god@@@

gE, ke.h The ascending morning star is,

gE, ke.h The golden arrow of god,

gE, ke.h The twinkling stars in the sky are 

gE, ke.h The ornamental hairpins of god,

gE, ke.h The floating bank of clouds is,

gE, ke.h The cherishing sash of god,

 

535

gAreya.h Take this helm,

gPush.h Hold this rudder,

The female Governor Lord of the isle,

The strong-minded Governor Lord,

Being a woman Governor Lord,

Being a female Governor Lord,

Choosing clothes for girls,

Selecting garments for youths,

Doing up their hairs for ponytails,

Fixing up their hairs for formal forms,

Holding a paddle of pine tree,

Pulling an oar of teak tree,

Floating a ship with ten rows,@@@@@@@@@

Sailing a vessel with eight rows,

 

536

For everyone, the shaman True-Facer,

The lucky ship A-hundred-Select

With everyone, the shaman True-Facer,

Our lord of the isle Pass-Good-Spread,

Our lord of the village resonating,

Our ship of the village resounding,

Floating the ship A-Hundred-Select,

Sailing the ship Eighty-Select,

The well-controlled ship by the captain,

The right-managed ship by the lord,

Arising to the wind,

Advancing to the north,

The sky is clear after rain falling

The air is fair after shower coming,

Aiming at the sanctuary Going-To,

Focusing on the hole of the east wind,

 

537

In the middle of the figurative sky,

Shamans are glorious

Give them golden arrows

In the center of the fair blue,

Mediums are gracious

In armors like blue clouds,

Piling up to give

To the soulful ship Spirit,

Heaping up to transfer

 

538

Under the village This-Spread,

The port gathering worldly fortunes

Loving Golden-Lord,

Designing a stone hammer,@

Planning an iron hammer,

Flattening the village This-Spread,

Making even the village,

Selecting camphor trees,

Projecting the ship to Nara,

Traveling up to Nara,

Taking a journey to Kyoto,

Going to buy comma shaped beads,

Coming to purchasing jewels,

For the sake of loving children,

For the good of Broken-Iron,

 

539

The sounding beach Spread-Rope,

Rejoicing, graceful beauty

The sounding beach New-Cape,@@@@@@@@

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Bringing down rice crop

Taking down new harvest,

 

540

The shaman Plane-Good-Prepare

Come down to take holy services, shamans

The shaman Prepare of the hallowed woods,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Coming down to the hallowed woods of Our-Thank,

Going down to the hallowed woods of Root-Stand,

Coming down to lead a hundred shamans,

Going down to draw seventy mediums,

Coming down to the Heavenerfs village,

Going down to the Paradiserfs hamlet,

Coming down to the hallowed woods of Head-Town,

Going down to the hallowed woods of True-Stone,

 

541

The shaman Water-Come of Big-Old-Village,

Beg the tailwind and sail

The shaman Water-Come of Old-Village,

To the first travel of loving Water-Come,

To the new journey of loving Water-Come,

In the place of good sake,

In the field of sacred sake,@@@@@@@@@

Brothers inviting,

Sisters asking,

 

542

The narrator Hill-Good, the celebrated,

Holding the paddle

The relator Rich-Wave, the felicitated,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

543

Well-known Lady Superb,

gE, yare.h Take the paddle

Take care for sailing

Sounding Lady Superb,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

544

Lady-Change, the graceful lady

Push peacefully

Youthful shamans and Holy Lady,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

545

Coming to Head-Town,

Sailing here beautifully

Coming to the castle,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

546

The man Surpasser sailing the ship,

gE.h Just the Governor Lord of Okinawa staying

The man Outshiner sending the vessel,

Donft think it simple

Take it uneasy,

Lords of the lower land getting together,

The head of the Governor Lords going along,

The prideful female Governor Lord,

The spirit-successor woman Governor Lord,

Tributes to the parents,@@@@@

Presents to the ancestors,

Getting nothing by begging,

Wearing nothing by asking,

Getting by concealing,

Wearing by stealing,

Putting into the sake pot,

Bringing into the holy sake urn,

 

547

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

Taking time for sailing ships

The shaman Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

The moon is fantastic,

The sun is excellent,

 

548

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

Sailing like on the ground road

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

Untiring shaman Send-Guard,

Graceful medium Send-Guard,

Going to the east,

Aiming at the hole of the sun,

 

549

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

For medium Land-High, noble person

In the ship Jewel-Gather

The shaman Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

550

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

The island where birds flying

The medium Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

 

551

The high official of Out-Space,

Push quietly, wives

The high official of high spirit,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

Walk to the east,

Go to the hole of the sun,

 

552

The shaman Bright-Endure,

gYare, ke.h  Swinging the small sail beautifully

The medium Bright-Endure,

The shaman Supple-Hat performing a captain,

The medium Sleeve-Beauty acting a bailer,

The shaman Supple-Hat holding the rudder,

Waves getting along with the gunwale,

Winds going together with the sail,

With fine strings,

Twisting into the sailing rope

With good chords,@@@@

Twining into the reins

 

553

The ship supported by the shaman World-Change,

gE, ke, yare, ke.h

The vessel protected by the medium,

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the vessel Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,

Selecting mariners aboard,

Sailing around the beaches,

Taking around the capes,

Going to the east,

Aiming at the hole of the sun,

 

554

Well-known shaman Push-Hat,

Sounding shaman Push-Hat@@@@

gYa ura.h Push to sail

Isle Float of Isles Pleasure-Space,@@

Isle Pile of Isles Pleasure-Space

From Isle Float,

To the village Side-Stop-Hat-Benefit

From the village Side-Stop-Hat-Benefit,

To the strait Rapid-Gate-Inside

From the strait Rapid-Gate-Inside,

To Isle Virtue

From Isle Virtue,

To Isle Off-Long-Good@@@@@

From Isle Off-Long-Good,

To Isle Give-Dispute

From Isle Give-Dispute,

To the hallowed woods of Safe-Wait

From the hallowed woods of Safe-Wait,

To the village Side-Ground-Name

From the village Side-Ground-Name,

To the hallowed woods of Cape

From the hallowed woods of Cape,

To Golden-Grand-Sanctuary

From Golden-Grand-Sanctuary,

To the village Branch-Cape

From the village Branch-Cape,

To the port Parent,

From the port Parent,

To the hallowed woods of Head-Town

 

555

Men of Isle Give-Dispute,

gYa ura.h Push, escort wives

Men of the fair hallowed woods,

Men in the holy forum,@@@@@